Boston Partners Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Boston Partners Longshort and Aqr Managed Futures is 0.48 (i.e., Very weak diversification). The correlation of Boston Partners is a statistical measure of how it moves in relation to other instruments. This measure is expressed in what is known as the correlation coefficient, which ranges between -1 and +1. A correlation greater than 0.8 is generally described as strong, whereas a correlation less than 0.5 is generally considered weak. If the correlation is 0, the equities are not correlated; they are entirely random.

Boston Partners Correlation With Market

Poor diversification

The correlation between Boston Partners Longshort and DJI is 0.79 (i.e., Poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Boston Partners Longshort and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
Check out Trending Equities to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in Boston Partners Longshort. Also, note that the market value of any mutual fund could be closely tied with the direction of predictive economic indicators such as signals in income.

Moving together with Boston Mutual Fund

  0.89OPTCX Rbb FundPairCorr
  0.91BPAVX Boston Partners AllPairCorr
  0.91BPAIX Boston Partners AllPairCorr
  0.85WPGTX Wpg Partners SmallmicroPairCorr
  0.74WPGSX Rbb FundPairCorr
  0.94BPIRX Boston Partners LongshortPairCorr
  0.9BPLSX Boston Partners LongshortPairCorr
  0.94BPRRX Boston Partners LongshortPairCorr
  0.83BPSIX Boston Partners SmallPairCorr
  0.83BPSCX Boston Partners SmallPairCorr
  0.86NLSCX Neuberger Berman LongPairCorr
  0.87NLSAX Neuberger Berman LongPairCorr
  0.87NLSIX Neuberger Berman LongPairCorr
  0.72QLERX Aqr Long ShortPairCorr
  0.92ASLAX Ab Select LongshortPairCorr
  0.73LETRX Voya Russia FundPairCorr
  0.77KMKAX Kinetics Market Oppo Steady GrowthPairCorr
  0.79KNPAX Kinetics Paradigm Steady GrowthPairCorr
  0.78SMPSX Semiconductor UltrasectorPairCorr
  0.8LSHUX Horizon Spin Off Steady GrowthPairCorr
  0.8LSHCX Horizon Spin Off Steady GrowthPairCorr
  0.78KNPYX Kinetics Paradigm Steady GrowthPairCorr
  0.77KMKCX Kinetics Market Oppo Steady GrowthPairCorr
  0.78KNPCX Kinetics Paradigm Steady GrowthPairCorr
  0.78WWNPX Kinetics Paradigm Steady GrowthPairCorr
  0.84VIGAX Vanguard Growth IndexPairCorr
  0.92INDEX Sp 500 EqualPairCorr
  0.88LTFOX Lord Abbett AffiliatedPairCorr
  0.91VTSAX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.88VWELX Vanguard WellingtonPairCorr

Moving against Boston Mutual Fund

  0.82BGLSX Boston Partners GlobalPairCorr
  0.82BGRSX Boston Partners GlobalPairCorr

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Correlation Matchups

Over a given time period, the two securities move together when the Correlation Coefficient is positive. Conversely, the two assets move in opposite directions when the Correlation Coefficient is negative. Determining your positions' relationship to each other is valuable for analyzing and projecting your portfolio's future expected return and risk.
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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Boston Mutual Fund performing well and Boston Partners Mutual Fund doing well as a business compared to the competition. There are so many exceptions to the norm that investors cannot definitively determine what's good or bad unless they analyze Boston Partners' multiple risk-adjusted performance indicators across the competitive landscape. These indicators are quantitative in nature and help investors forecast volatility and risk-adjusted expected returns across various positions.